Picked after skimming various reviews out there, I decided to give this book a try. Although I was not much too familiar with the author before reading this book, I have lately decided to peruse and explore new contemporary writings on Modern India and this is the first book that caught my attention.
A rather ambitious novel, the author ends up doing justice to both the content and the language which has a lyrical and poetic quality to it. A book of epic proportions, it operates at three lev...